This part of the website contains the PowerPoints that have been created as a teaching resource for the children. Please feel free to download and revise. If you have a laptop or computer desktop at home please download free Scratch version 1.4 or type in this link http://scratch.mit.edu/scratch_1.4/ or click on button below. This software is very useful if your child wants to practice a little computer programming using animations. I enclose simple commands you can download and practice with. (We will be working on this int he next few weeks.)

Watch this video of Scratch software in use and try out at home and practice these simple commands in how program in Scratch Software.... Can you teach Felix the Cat different moves and instruct him... You are on your way to be a computer programmer.

Lesson 3 & 4 - Create your own game of pong

Make sure you have Scratch downloaded on your computer version 1.4 (link button at the top of this page). Next download my scratch game file on the right called (aaess_game_ of pong.sb) file and play Pong. Can you adjust the scripts and sprites and work out how to make the ball go faster.

Study how I have adjusted the scripts to the Sprites.

Can you alter the colour of the ball, the size of the ball and Paddle and change the background image of the wall to something you created.